Device for utilizing elevated running streams for motive power



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H. T. HEY.

DEVICE EOE UTILIZING ELEVATED RUNNING STREAMS EOE MOTIVE POWER.

' No. 425,791. Patefited Apr. 15, 1890.

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H. T. HEY. DEVICE FOR UTILIZING ELEVATED RUNNING STREAMS FOR MO'TIVE POWER. I

Patented Apr. 15, 1890.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY T. HEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR UTILIZING ELEVATED RUNNING STREAMS FOR MOTIVE POWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,791, dated April 15, 1890.

Application filed October l, 1889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY T. HEY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for Utilizing Elevated Running Streams for Motive Power, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of means for directing the water of an elevated running stream to a water-wheel or hydraulic motor, so that the power of said stream may be readily utilized at any suitable place distant from the stream.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a top or plan view thereof. Fig. 3 represents a top or plan view of-the air-valve employed, the same being on an enlarged scale. Fig. 4 represents a vertical section on line :0 00, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in the several figures. v

Referring to the drawings, A designates a running stream adjacent to a falls B. The bed of the stream is deepened and properly lined with masonry or otherwise, forming a sunken channel 0, into which dips the head or rose D of a vertical pipe D, the latter being connected with a horizontal pipe or fiume E E, which is in communication by a descending pipe F with the inlet-pipe G of a water-wheel or hydraulic motor H, the pipe E being below the level of the stream A and having suitable supports.

Valves J J are connected with the pipes E G for letting on and cutting off the water to and from the casing of the wheel H, and an air-valve K is provided, the same being secured to either of the pipes E F, so that in the event of a vacuum or pressure of air in said pipes the same may be relieved and overcome. Especially is the air-valve serviceable when it is desired to clear pipe G of .water after the valve J has been closed, in which case the valve K is opened, thus admitting air into the pipes E F G, the effect of which is evident.

The air-valve in the present case consists Serial No. 325,984. (No model.)

of a perforated plate Ct, which is secured to the top of the pipe E, and a perforated cap b, which is fitted on said plate CL, and having its rim provided with the segment of a wormwheel 0, with which engages a worm d, whose shaft e is mounted on the pipe E, it being evident that the cap may be rotated in order to have its perforations register with those of the plate a, thus opening the valve. When the cap. is again rotated, its imperforate portion covers the openings in the plate, thus closing the valve.

As the stream rushes over the channel 0 its current is transmitted to the water in said channel, so that the water enters the pipe E and is forcibly directed to the case of the Wheel or motor, the force being augmented by the fall of the water in the pipe F, whereby great power is obtained.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. 'A sunken channel in a running stream, a vertical pipe with head dipping in said channel, a horizontal pipe leading from said first-named pipe, and a vertical pipe leading from the lower end of said last-mentioned pipe to the raceway of a water motor or wheel, and valves in said pipes, said parts being combined substantially as described.

2. A vertical pipe with its lower end dipping in a running stream, a horizontal pipe leading from the upper end of the said vertical pipe, a vertical pipe leading from the horizontal pipe and having its lower end lower than the lower end of the first-mentioned vertical pipe and leading to the raceway of a water-wheel, and an air-valve in said horizontal pipe, said parts being combined substantially as described. v

3. The combination of the vertical pipe D, horizontal pipes E E, vertical pipe F, and horizontal pipe G, said pipes E and G having, respectively, the gates or valves J and J, and the horizontal pipe E having the adjustable air-valve K, substantially as described.

HENRY T. HEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, L. J ENNING-S. 

